Prosthetic Paradise (was Re: pynchon-l-digest V2 #1012

[Paul Mackin]

On Sat, 27 Nov 1999, rj wrote:
> 
> > When I say Pynchon insists that
> > humans should not be treated as machine parts, as means to
> > an end, as slaves, I am offering my opinion, I insist that
> > Pynchon insists.
> 
> I'm saying that Pynchon is not a polemicist in the sense you imply here.
> His fiction can be read as insisting this, as you do, but that is purely
> the individual reader's prerogative, not the unalloyed intention of the
> text.

You mean a posteriori P is not a polemicist based on analysis of his text,
or a priori by the very nature of text "Pynchon" meaning Pynchon
text cannot be polemic?

In either event those looking for a new way to read a book might like to
read the Sunday NY Times review of Elaine Scarry's new book.

		P.